Tennis Tourney Planned For Those Who Have Never Won

April 9, 1985|By Jeri Whitt

If you've been singing the ''losing tennis player's blues,'' the DeLand Parks and Recreation Department can come to your aid. The department will sponsor a mixed doubles tournament, tennis classes for beginners and later in the spring the department's first annual ''I Ain't Never Won a Tournament Tournament.''

Mixed doubles will be April 19 to 21 at Earl Brown Park. Cost is $8 per team with each team furnishing a can of U.S. Tennis Association balls. All matches will consist of eight sets with semifinals and finals playing two out of three sets. Entries must be received by April 15 at the city courts or the parks and recreation department office at 550 S. Alabama Ave.

Tom Cooper, local tennis pro, is conducting classes in beginning tennis from 10 to 11:30 a.m. weekdays at the courts. Classes, which are limited to 10 students, will run for one month. Students must wear regulation tennis shoes and bring a rack

et. Registration, at $10 per person, may be done Monday through Thursday at the courts.

More information on the tournament also is available at the department office.

-- Members of the Holly Circle of the DeLand Garden Club will meet to install officers at 11 a.m. Thursday at the home of Sara Massey. Helen Shields will be co-hostess. A covered-dish luncheon will be featured and members should contact Massey to sign up for a dish to bring. Plans recently were made for the group's May Social. This year's, which will be held in conjunction with the Daisy Circle, is set for May 11. Debbie Bell and Connie Armour will serve as chairmen for the event. More information will be available at Thursday's meeting.

-- Russ Browne, an artist who specializes in outdoor scenes, is teaching an art course from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the DeLand Activities Center. The course, now in progress, covers oil and acrylic

painting. Students should bring their own supplies. Class fee is $20 per person. Registrations are being accepted at the DeLand Activities Center.

-- New officers of the DeLand Elks Lodge Auxiliary were installed at a recent banquet. Outgoing president Maribelle Barnett and other former officers played hostesses for the installation dinner. Eleanor Estes will serve as auxiliary president along with Gladys Denn, first vice president; Jackie Davis, second vice president; Tina Parker, secretary; Eddie Utting, treasurer; Billie Smith, corresponding secretary; and Susie Harris, chaplain.

Also at the banquet, Marie Klein was named Elk Lady of the Year.

The auxiliary, which is open to women whose husbands are members of the DeLand Elks Lodge, meets on the second Thursday of each month at the DeLand Elks Lodge, Clara Avenue.

-- Club news or events of interest to the DeLand community may be submitted for this column by calling 736-2997.